Gemba Academy Podcast: Lean Manufacturing | Lean Office | Six Sigma | Toyota Kata | Productivity | Leadership

This week's guest is Andy Reith. Ron and Andy discussed working at Toyota, the challenges small businesses face, and more. A MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here. In this episode you'll learn:  The quote that inspires Andy (2:32) Andy's background (3:18) What Andy learned from working at Toyota (5:16) What Respect for People means to Andy (6:56) How Andy learned some of the lean tools (8:38) What Andy is up to these days (10:15) The challenges small businesses face (11:14) About Origin Maine (12:33) Some of the improvements Andy has seen (15:25) Andy's observations on strategy at small manufacturers (18:49) About his own andon system (24:07) Andy's advice (27:24) Podcast Resources Right Click to Download this Podcast as an MP3 Download a Free Audio Book at Audible.com Andy's Website Andy on LinkedIn Subscribe & Never Miss New Episodes! Click to Subscribe in iTunes If you enjoyed this podcast please be sure to subscribe on iTunes. Once you're a